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safari: how to set default program for magnet link
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Edit: the steps are different when going from Azureus to Transmission than if you're just installing Transmission:
Bring up a terminal and run this command:
Code:
plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchServices.plist
Code:
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>[b]org.gudy.azureus2[/b]</string>
<key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
<string>magnet</string>
</dict>Change it to
Code:
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>[b]org.m0k.transmission[/b]</string>
<key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
<string>magnet</string>
</dict>Then type
Code:
plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchServices.plistOr more easy download MoreInternet Pref Pane
http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreinternet/
and make a new protocol "magnet" and choose Transmission as program to open with.
The newest beta of Transmission does support Magnet links
here's the answer!
I searched all around for this answer and then thought to go to preferences within transmission and sure enough there was a button that set transmission as the default for mirror links. Easy as that!
I searched all around for this answer and then thought to go to preferences within transmission and sure enough there was a button that set transmission as the default for mirror links. Easy as that!
I'm on version 4.0.2 and I can't seem to find that option. Could you explain it in more detail?
thanks
Preferences->General-> click "Set Default Application" next to "Accept Magnet Links"
I had no problem with this until, randomly (and these are the only recent computer use changes), I updated my phone to iOS 6 and backed up my computer with TimeMachine. Then Safari would not load the magnet links anymore. Clicked this and no problems.
Transmission 2.71
Use RCDefaultApp to set file or protocol associations. It works like a charm.
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RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or later preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers
Magnet links were opening in uTorrent instead of Vuze, and I could not figure out how to change this. But the RCDefaultApp solved the problem! I'm using Safari on 10.8.4.
